Two former Parramatta Eels players are accused of harbouring semi-automatic weapons and possessing more than half-a-million dollars in cash after dramatic arrests in Sydney's Centennial Park yesterday.

Annastacia Palaszczuk has followed up a generally well-received campaign launch with a heated media conference in Cairns.

Having batted away suggestions she would close coal fired power stations in order to reach her target of having 50 percent of the state's energy supplied by renewables, she stood aside to allow her treasurer to answer questions about debt.

Curtis Pitt is reportedly under pressure from his own party to either stand aside from the Treasury portfolio or quit.

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Pitt was also targeted for manipulating public service super to improve Queenslanders bottom line.

Why the Premier would travel all the way to Cairns only to take a step backwards must be occupying the minds of campaign planners fast running out of time to reach the vast bulk of Queensland voters yet to make up their minds.